Batu Han Yüksel (born 4 October 1999), also known as Batuhan Yüksel, is a Turkish weight lifter competing in the 81 kg division.

Personal life

Batu Han Yüksel was born in

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, Turkey on 4 October 1999.

Sport career

Yüksel is a member of Pursaklar Belediye Sports Club in Ankara. He placed eight in the 62 kg division at the 2016 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in

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, Poland. He competed in the Juniors category at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in

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, Romania, and took the silver medal in the clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total. At the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in

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, Albania, he ranked 7th n the 73 kg division. In 2022, he competed in the 81 kg division at the

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, Turkey. He won the silver medal in the 81 kg snatch event, the bronze medal in the clean & jerk and became silver medalist in total at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in

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, Armenia.

Achievements

References

1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Ankara Turkish male weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games weightlifters {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub